diff --git a/Jenkinsfile b/Jenkinsfile
index 38488fb069084687111bee6abc6ff03207608a2a..3ce8584040360e131cc9c5c1554033bf521ccfc0 100644
--- a/Jenkinsfile
+++ b/Jenkinsfile
@@ -53,20 +53,21 @@ pipeline {
 
                     def commonVersion = getParentPomVersion('common/pom.xml')
                     def routerVersion = getParentPomVersion('router/pom.xml')
+                    def forwarderVersion = getParentPomVersion('forwarder/pom.xml')
                     def formCycleAdapterVersion = getParentPomVersion('formcycle-adapter/pom.xml')
                     def enterpriseAdapterVersion = getParentPomVersion('enterprise-adapter/pom.xml')
 
                     if(env.BRANCH_NAME == 'release'){
-                        if ( !isReleaseVersion([rootVersion, vorgangManagerVersion, commonVersion, routerVersion, formCycleAdapterVersion, enterpriseAdapterVersion])) {
+                        if ( !isReleaseVersion([rootVersion, vorgangManagerVersion, commonVersion, routerVersion, forwarderVersion, formCycleAdapterVersion, enterpriseAdapterVersion])) {
                             error("Keine Release Version für Branch ${env.BRANCH_NAME}.")
                         }
                     } else {
-                        if ( !isSnapshotVersion([rootVersion, commonVersion, routerVersion, formCycleAdapterVersion, enterpriseAdapterVersion])) {
+                        if ( !isSnapshotVersion([rootVersion, commonVersion, routerVersion, forwarderVersion, formCycleAdapterVersion, enterpriseAdapterVersion])) {
                             error("Keine Snapshot Version für Branch ${env.BRANCH_NAME}.")
                         }
                     }
 
-                    if ( !isSameVersion([commonVersion, routerVersion, formCycleAdapterVersion, enterpriseAdapterVersion], rootVersion)) {
+                    if ( !isSameVersion([commonVersion, routerVersion, forwarderVersion, formCycleAdapterVersion, enterpriseAdapterVersion], rootVersion)) {
                         error("Versionen sind nicht identisch")
                     }
                 }
@@ -141,14 +142,17 @@ pipeline {
 
                     tagAndPushDockerImage('formcycle-adapter', IMAGE_TAG)
                     tagAndPushDockerImage('enterprise-adapter', IMAGE_TAG)
+                    tagAndPushDockerImage('forwarder', IMAGE_TAG)
 
                     if (env.BRANCH_NAME == 'main') {
                         tagAndPushDockerImage('formcycle-adapter', 'snapshot-latest')
                         tagAndPushDockerImage('enterprise-adapter', 'snapshot-latest')
+                        tagAndPushDockerImage('forwarder', 'snapshot-latest')
                     }
                     else if (env.BRANCH_NAME == 'release') {
                         tagAndPushDockerImage('formcycle-adapter', 'latest')
                         tagAndPushDockerImage('enterprise-adapter', 'latest')
+                        tagAndPushDockerImage('forwarder', 'latest')
                     }
                 }
             }
@@ -293,6 +297,7 @@ String getElementAccessToken() {
 Void setNewDevAdapterVersion() {
     setNewFormcycleAdapterVersion('dev')
     setNewEnterpriseAdapterVersion('dev')
+    setNewForwarderVersion('dev')
 }
 
 Void setNewTestAdapterVersion() {
@@ -324,6 +329,18 @@ Void setNewEnterpriseAdapterVersion(String environment) {
     }
 }
 
+Void setNewForwarderVersion(String environment) {
+    dir("gitops") {
+        def envFile = "${environment}/application/values/forwarder-values.yaml"
+        def envVersions = readYaml file: envFile
+
+        envVersions.forwarder.image.tag = IMAGE_TAG
+        envVersions.forwarder.helm.version = HELM_CHART_VERSION
+
+        writeYaml file: envFile, data: envVersions, overwrite: true
+    }
+}
+
 Void pushNewDevVersion() {
     pushNewGitopsVersion('dev')
 }
diff --git a/eingang-manager-interface/pom.xml b/eingang-manager-interface/pom.xml
index b877903e6c7055ba30c1a7009f970a992694fe60..81ee185254d63dddc49e251ef715a997ce07ecf2 100644
--- a/eingang-manager-interface/pom.xml
+++ b/eingang-manager-interface/pom.xml
@@ -45,7 +45,7 @@
 	<inceptionYear>2025</inceptionYear>
 
 	<properties>
-		<vorgang-manager.version>2.23.0</vorgang-manager.version>
+		<vorgang-manager.version>2.24.0-SNAPSHOT</vorgang-manager.version>
 		<project.build.sourceEncoding>UTF-8</project.build.sourceEncoding>
 		<project.reporting.outputEncoding>UTF-8</project.reporting.outputEncoding>
 
diff --git a/formcycle-adapter/formcycle-adapter-interface/pom.xml b/formcycle-adapter/formcycle-adapter-interface/pom.xml
index ce3c539bb319c41117cc38c66339c848bd6b0c0a..9e72b2c3698aca2dfda7edc46bd1d178500ddc49 100644
--- a/formcycle-adapter/formcycle-adapter-interface/pom.xml
+++ b/formcycle-adapter/formcycle-adapter-interface/pom.xml
@@ -41,7 +41,7 @@
 	<version>2.19.0-SNAPSHOT</version>
 
 	<properties>
-		<vorgang-manager.version>2.0.0</vorgang-manager.version>
+		<vorgang-manager.version>2.24.0-SNAPSHOT</vorgang-manager.version>
 		<java.version>21</java.version>
 		<maven.compiler.source>${java.version}</maven.compiler.source>
 		<maven.compiler.target>${java.version}</maven.compiler.target>
@@ -102,4 +102,4 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
-</project>
+</project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/formcycle-adapter/pom.xml b/formcycle-adapter/pom.xml
index 04849487dd004df43e50d441f61f2ef539c63b52..19cc12fb20a550332c39b186361e6359e5b73304 100644
--- a/formcycle-adapter/pom.xml
+++ b/formcycle-adapter/pom.xml
@@ -49,6 +49,7 @@
 	</properties>
 
 	<dependencies>
+		<!-- OZG-Cloud -->
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>de.ozgcloud.vorgang</groupId>
 			<artifactId>vorgang-manager-utils</artifactId>
@@ -63,10 +64,6 @@
 			<groupId>de.ozgcloud.vorgang</groupId>
 			<artifactId>vorgang-manager-interface</artifactId>
 		</dependency>
-		<dependency>
-			<groupId>de.ozgcloud.eingang</groupId>
-			<artifactId>forwarder</artifactId>
-		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>de.ozgcloud.vorgang</groupId>
 			<artifactId>vorgang-manager-interface</artifactId>
diff --git a/forwarder/pom.xml b/forwarder/pom.xml
index 4fabecd6af1c23ce9d991e6c1db97a49c706da87..abb7d8eaf707840a6ec8b102ccbf521e7effaafc 100644
--- a/forwarder/pom.xml
+++ b/forwarder/pom.xml
@@ -59,6 +59,10 @@
 		</dependency>
 
 		<!-- spring -->
+		<dependency>
+			<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+			<artifactId>spring-boot-starter-actuator</artifactId>
+		</dependency>
 		<dependency>
 			<groupId>net.devh</groupId>
 			<artifactId>grpc-server-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
@@ -124,4 +128,27 @@
 			</plugin>
 		</plugins>
 	</build>
+
+	<profiles>
+		<profile>
+			<id>ci-build</id>
+			<build>
+				<plugins>
+					<plugin>
+						<groupId>org.springframework.boot</groupId>
+						<artifactId>spring-boot-maven-plugin</artifactId>
+						<executions>
+							<execution>
+								<id>build-image</id>
+								<phase>install</phase>
+								<goals>
+									<goal>build-image-no-fork</goal>
+								</goals>
+							</execution>
+						</executions>
+					</plugin>
+				</plugins>
+			</build>
+		</profile>
+	</profiles>
 </project>
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/forwarder/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports b/forwarder/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..0085992ee7898da7618d6aa0facb2e775c3d5e41
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forwarder/src/main/resources/META-INF/spring/org.springframework.boot.autoconfigure.AutoConfiguration.imports
@@ -0,0 +1,17 @@
+net.devh.boot.grpc.client.autoconfigure.GrpcClientAutoConfiguration
+net.devh.boot.grpc.client.autoconfigure.GrpcClientMetricAutoConfiguration
+net.devh.boot.grpc.client.autoconfigure.GrpcClientHealthAutoConfiguration
+net.devh.boot.grpc.client.autoconfigure.GrpcClientSecurityAutoConfiguration
+net.devh.boot.grpc.client.autoconfigure.GrpcDiscoveryClientAutoConfiguration
+net.devh.boot.grpc.common.autoconfigure.GrpcCommonCodecAutoConfiguration
+net.devh.boot.grpc.server.autoconfigure.GrpcAdviceAutoConfiguration
+net.devh.boot.grpc.server.autoconfigure.GrpcHealthServiceAutoConfiguration
+net.devh.boot.grpc.server.autoconfigure.GrpcMetadataConsulConfiguration
+net.devh.boot.grpc.server.autoconfigure.GrpcMetadataEurekaConfiguration
+net.devh.boot.grpc.server.autoconfigure.GrpcMetadataNacosConfiguration
+net.devh.boot.grpc.server.autoconfigure.GrpcMetadataZookeeperConfiguration
+net.devh.boot.grpc.server.autoconfigure.GrpcReflectionServiceAutoConfiguration
+net.devh.boot.grpc.server.autoconfigure.GrpcServerAutoConfiguration
+net.devh.boot.grpc.server.autoconfigure.GrpcServerFactoryAutoConfiguration
+net.devh.boot.grpc.server.autoconfigure.GrpcServerMetricAutoConfiguration
+net.devh.boot.grpc.server.autoconfigure.GrpcServerSecurityAutoConfiguration
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/forwarder/src/main/resources/application-local.yml b/forwarder/src/main/resources/application-local.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..1a493ac915649ada101d24a2374ca06690101907
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forwarder/src/main/resources/application-local.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,21 @@
+logging:
+  config: classpath:log4j2-local.xml
+
+server:
+  port: 9293
+  error:
+    include-stacktrace: always
+    
+management:
+  server.port: 8084
+
+ozgcloud:
+  adapter:
+    targetVorgangManagerName: local
+    fallbackStrategy: DENY
+
+grpc:
+  client:
+    vorgang-manager-local:
+      address: static://127.0.0.1:9090
+      negotiationType: PLAINTEXT
diff --git a/forwarder/src/main/resources/application.yml b/forwarder/src/main/resources/application.yml
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..3a1d31c3031982893ceca985e8d104d9982a97dc
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forwarder/src/main/resources/application.yml
@@ -0,0 +1,31 @@
+logging:
+  level:
+    ROOT: WARN
+    '[de.ozgcloud]': INFO
+
+management:
+  server:
+    port: 8081
+  health:
+    livenessState:
+      enabled: true
+    readinessState:
+      enabled: true
+  endpoint:
+    health:
+      group:
+        exploratory:
+          include: livenessState,readinessState,ping
+          show-details: always
+      probes:
+        enabled: true
+    prometheus:
+      enabled: true
+  endpoints:
+    web:
+      exposure:
+        include: health,prometheus
+
+ozgcloud:
+  adapter:
+    routingStrategy: SINGLE
\ No newline at end of file
diff --git a/forwarder/src/main/resources/banner.txt b/forwarder/src/main/resources/banner.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000000000000000000000000000000000000..2c1200feb6772777b89760104e6096e10923c7b3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/forwarder/src/main/resources/banner.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+    ______                                   __
+   / ____/___  ______      ______ __________/ /__  _____
+  / /_  / __ \/ ___/ | /| / / __ `/ ___/ __  / _ \/ ___/
+ / __/ / /_/ / /   | |/ |/ / /_/ / /  / /_/ /  __/ /
+/_/    \____/_/    |__/|__/\__,_/_/   \__,_/\___/_/
+${spring-boot.version}			${application.version}
diff --git a/pom.xml b/pom.xml
index 4d92bb83ed28b5166aaaa4757bcd44bd8d5baa46..ef5a79c3a10a42309e67033ae3029cfbd5d4dd8a 100644
--- a/pom.xml
+++ b/pom.xml
@@ -55,7 +55,7 @@
 	</modules>
 
 	<properties>
-		<vorgang-manager.version>2.24.0-OZG-7573-forwarding-interface-SNAPSHOT</vorgang-manager.version>
+		<vorgang-manager.version>2.24.0-SNAPSHOT</vorgang-manager.version>
 		<zufi-manager.version>1.7.0</zufi-manager.version>
 
 		<jsoup.version>1.14.3</jsoup.version>
diff --git a/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl b/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
index b0f54ef2dc8d07527213fa45e865202300588dee..de5fd15f584ea749c0eabbfd7f90352a988bb8b9 100644
--- a/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
+++ b/src/main/helm/templates/_helpers.tpl
@@ -105,6 +105,8 @@ app.kubernetes.io/namespace: {{ include "app.namespace" . }}
 {{- printf "formcycle-adapter-service-account" }}
 {{- else if eq (.Values.image).name "enterprise-adapter" }}
 {{- printf "enterprise-adapter-service-account" }}
+{{- else if eq (.Values.image).name "forwarder" }}
+{{- printf "forwarder-service-account" }}
 {{- end }}
 {{- end -}}
 
diff --git a/src/test/helm/service_account_test.yaml b/src/test/helm/service_account_test.yaml
index e25b18bcfb31dc8be2872ac4d1c50d77d228013f..3c145c3faa86c99fe37915fd7193d6ba4fa5f1b0 100644
--- a/src/test/helm/service_account_test.yaml
+++ b/src/test/helm/service_account_test.yaml
@@ -57,6 +57,20 @@ tests:
       - equal:
           path: metadata.namespace
           value: sh-helm-test
+  - it: should create default forwarder service account name
+    set:
+      image.name: forwarder
+      serviceAccount:
+        create: true
+    asserts:
+      - isKind:
+          of: ServiceAccount
+      - equal:
+          path: metadata.name
+          value: forwarder-service-account
+      - equal:
+          path: metadata.namespace
+          value: sh-helm-test
   - it: should create service account with name
     set:
       serviceAccount: